LXX Concordance for σὺ

So the LORD God said to the serpent:

Because you have done this,

you are cursed more than any livestock

and more than any wild animal.

You will move on your belly

and eat dust all the days of your life.

“If you do what is right, won't you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

“So now you are cursed, alienated from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood you have shed.[fn]

“But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives.

“Take with you every kind of food that is eaten; gather it as food for you and for them.”

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

“Isn't the whole land before you? Separate from me: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

“But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

The angel of the LORD said to her, “You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael,[fn] for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

So she named the LORD who spoke to her: “You are El-roi,”[fn] for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the one who sees me? ”[fn]

God also said to Abraham, “As for you, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations are to keep my covenant.

“You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won't the Judge of the whole earth do what is just? ”

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”[fn]

“Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will certainly die, you and all who are yours.”

“Swear to me by God here and now, that you will not break an agreement with me or with my children and descendants. As I have been loyal to you, so you will be loyal to me and to the country where you are a resident alien.”

Then he said, “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

“Listen to us, my lord. You are a prince of God[fn] among us. Bury your dead in our finest burial place.[fn] None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead.”

“My lord, listen to me. Land worth four hundred shekels of silver ​— ​what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

“Today when I came to the spring, I prayed: LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only you will make my journey successful!

“and who responds to me, ‘Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels also' ​— ​let her be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master's son.

“You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the LORD.”

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau or not? ”

Again he asked, “Are you really my son Esau? ”

And he replied, “I am.”

The LORD was standing there beside him,[fn] saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your offspring the land on which you are lying.

“Give me my wives and my children that I have worked for, and let me go. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

So Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you and how your herds have fared with me.

Then Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters; the children, my children; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?

“This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.

“You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.' ”

Judah replied, “Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn't find her.”

“You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands.[fn] Only I, as king,[fn] will be greater than you.”

Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me. We will be on our way so that we may live and not die ​— ​neither we, nor you, nor our dependents.

But Judah approached him and said, “My lord, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.

“Then you said to your servants, ‘If your younger brother does not come down with you, you will not see me again.'

“You can settle in the land of Goshen and be near me ​— ​you, your children, and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have.

“You are also commanded to tell them, ‘Do this: Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your dependents and your wives and bring your father here.

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I'm ready to die now because I have seen your face and you are still alive! ”

The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your neighbor? ”[fn]

“Do not come closer,” he said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

“They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

“He will speak to the people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to him.

“And you will say to Pharaoh: This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son.

“You must say whatever I command you; then Aaron your brother must declare it to Pharaoh so that he will let the Israelites go from his land.

“But if you refuse to let them go, then I will plague all your territory with frogs.

“You are still acting arrogantly against[fn] my people by not letting them go.

“But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD God.”

“But if you refuse to let my people go, then tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.

Moses responded, “You must also let us have[fn] sacrifices and burnt offerings to prepare for the LORD our God.

“All these officials of yours will come down to me and bow before me, saying: Get out, you and all the people who follow you.[fn] After that, I will get out.” And he went out from Pharaoh's presence fiercely angry.

“As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

When Moses's father-in-law saw everything he was doing for them he asked, “What is this you're doing for the people? Why are you alone sitting as judge, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening? ”

“What you're doing is not good,” Moses's father-in-law said to him.

“But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Moses responded to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, since you warned us: Put a boundary around the mountain and consecrate it.”

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. You must not do any work ​— ​you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the resident alien who is within your city gates.

“You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don't let God speak to us, or we will die.”

“I will cause the people ahead of you to feel terror[fn] and will throw into confusion all the nations you come to. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in retreat.[fn]

Then he said to Moses, “Go up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and bow in worship at a distance.

“You are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning regularly.

“Have your brother Aaron, with his sons, come to you from the Israelites to serve me as priest ​— ​Aaron, his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

“You are to instruct all the skilled artisans,[fn] whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron's garments for consecrating him to serve me as priest.

“Take for yourself the finest spices: 12½ pounds[fn] of liquid myrrh, half as much (6¼ pounds[fn]) of fragrant cinnamon, 6¼ pounds of fragrant cane,

“Tell the Israelites: You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you will know that I am the LORD who consecrates you.

“Don't be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.

The LORD spoke to Moses: “Go up from here, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying: I will give it to your offspring.

Moses said to the LORD, “Look, you have told me, ‘Lead this people up,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor with me.'

“If your presence does not go,” Moses responded to him, “don't make us go up from here.

Then he said, “My Lord, if I have indeed found favor with you, my Lord, please go with us (even though this is a stiff-necked people), forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your own possession.”

“Observe what I command you today. I am going to drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Hivites,[fn] and Jebusites.

“You and your sons are not to drink wine or beer when you enter the tent of meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

“But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution in any ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the Israelites' fellowship sacrifices.

“You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions ​— ​everyone who can serve in Israel's army.[fn]

“Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.

“But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority, if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has slept with you' ​— ​

“If you are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now if I have found favor with you, and don't let me see my misery[fn] anymore.”

But Moses replied, “I'm in the middle of a people with six hundred thousand foot soldiers, yet you say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.'

“They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, LORD, are among these people, how you, LORD, are seen face to face, how your cloud stands over them, and how you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

“Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he[fn] that you should complain about him? ”

So Moses told Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow ​— ​you, they, and Aaron.

The LORD said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your ancestral family[fn] will be responsible for iniquity against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for iniquity involving your priesthood.

“But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift,[fn] but an unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.”

“You are to eat it as a most holy offering.[fn] Every male may eat it; it is to be holy to you.

“Take the staff and assemble the community. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will yield its water. You will bring out water for them from the rock and provide drink for the community and their livestock.”

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says, ‘You know all the hardships that have overtaken us.

“You, the priest Eleazar, and the family heads of the community are to take a count of what was captured, people and animals.

“The LORD was angry with me also because of you and said, ‘You will not enter there either.

“‘Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

“I commanded Joshua at that time: Your own eyes have seen everything the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.

“Lord GOD, you have begun to show your greatness and your strong hand to your servant, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can perform deeds and mighty acts like yours?

“Has a people heard God's voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived?

“but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. Do not do any work ​— ​you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the resident alien who lives within your city gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.

“Go near and listen to everything the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.'

“But you stand here with me, and I will tell you every command ​— ​the statutes and ordinances ​— ​you are to teach them, so that they may follow them in the land I am giving them to possess.'

“Do this so that you may fear the LORD your God all the days of your life by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life.

“the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, the strong hand and outstretched arm, by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.

“Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and drive out nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.

“You are not going to take possession of their land because of your righteousness or your integrity. Instead, the LORD your God will drive out these nations before you because of their wickedness, in order to fulfill the promise he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“You are to eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God chooses ​— ​you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, and the Levite who is within your city gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in everything you do,

“When the LORD your God annihilates the nations before you, which you are entering to take possession of, and you drive them out and live in their land,

“If your brother, the son of your mother,[fn] or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let's go and worship other gods' ​— ​which neither you nor your ancestors have known,

“You may spend the silver on anything you want: cattle, sheep, goats, wine, beer, or anything you desire. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice with your family.

“When the LORD your God blesses you as he has promised you, you will lend to many nations but not borrow; you will rule many nations, but they will not rule you.

“Each year you and your family are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD chooses.

“Rejoice before the LORD your God in the place where he chooses to have his name dwell ​— ​you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your city gates, as well as the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow among you.

“Rejoice during your festival ​— ​you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, as well as the Levite, the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow within your city gates.

“Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this.

“You must purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, for you will be doing what is right in the LORD's sight.

“They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. They did not fear God.

“You, the Levites, and the resident aliens among you will rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given you and your household.

“You will be blessed in the city

and blessed in the country.

“You will be blessed when you come in

and blessed when you go out.

“The LORD will open for you his abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

“You will be cursed in the city

and cursed in the country.

“You will be cursed when you come in

and cursed when you go out.

“The LORD will make pestilence cling to you until he has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess.

“The LORD will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your ancestors have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone.

“The resident alien among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink lower and lower.

“They will besiege you within all your city gates until your high and fortified walls, that you trust in, come down throughout your land. They will besiege you within all your city gates throughout the land the LORD your God has given you.

“Then the LORD will scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.

“Then you will again obey him and follow all his commands I am commanding you today.

“I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

Moses then summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with[fn] this people into the land the LORD swore to give to their ancestors. You will enable them to take possession of it.

The LORD said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will abandon me and break the covenant I have made with them.

The LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

How happy you are, Israel!

Who is like you,

a people saved by the LORD?

He is the shield that protects you,

the sword you boast in.

Your enemies will cringe before you,

and you will tread on their backs.[fn]

“Moses my servant is dead. Now you and all the people prepare to cross over the Jordan to the land I am giving the Israelites.

“Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance.

“you should tell them, ‘The water of the Jordan was cut off in front of the ark of the LORD's covenant. When it crossed the Jordan, the Jordan's water was cut off.' Therefore these stones will always be a memorial for the Israelites.”

The commander of the LORD's army said to Joshua, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did that.

“March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this for six days.

The LORD then said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen facedown?

Joshua was now old, advanced in age, and the LORD said to him, “You have become old, advanced in age, but a great deal of the land remains to be possessed.

The descendants of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD promised Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

“Now give me this hill country the LORD promised me on that day, because you heard then that the Anakim are there, as well as large fortified cities. Perhaps the LORD will be with me and I will drive them out as the LORD promised.”

“because the hill country will be yours also. It is a forest; clear it and its outlying areas will be yours. You can also drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.”

“I will gladly go with you,” she said, “but you will receive no honor on the road you are about to take, because the LORD will sell Sisera to a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he went in with her, and there was Sisera lying dead with a tent peg through his temple!

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;

Issachar was with Barak;

they were under his leadership[fn] in the valley.

There was great searching[fn] of heart

among the clans of Reuben.

Then he said to him, “If I have found favor with you, give me a sign that you are speaking with me.

“But if you are afraid to attack the camp, go down with Purah your servant.

Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Get up and strike us down yourself, for a man is judged by his strength.” So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

Finally, all the trees said to the bramble,

“Come and reign over us.”

“Now tonight, you and the troops with you, come and wait in ambush in the countryside.

When Gaal saw the troops, he said to Zebul, “Look, troops are coming down from the mountaintops! ” But Zebul said to him, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”

But the Israelites said, “We have sinned. Deal with us as you see fit; only rescue us today! ”

Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, asking, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight me in my land? ”

“The LORD God of Israel has now driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, and will you now force us out?

“Now are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

“I have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by fighting against me. Let the LORD who is the judge decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”

The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Although you are unable to conceive and have no children, you will conceive and give birth to a son.

“for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair,[fn] because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

“He said to me, ‘You will conceive and give birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth until the day of his death.' ”

So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife? ”

“I am,” he said.

But his father and mother said to him, “Can't you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines for a wife? ”

But Samson told his father, “Get her for me. She's the right one for me.”

He became very thirsty and called out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great victory through your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised? ”

They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”

As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I'll reveal the word of God to you.” So the servant went on.

Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it out on Saul's head, kissed him, and said, “Hasn't the LORD anointed you ruler over his inheritance?[fn]

and Samuel asked, “What have you done? ”

Saul answered, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me and you didn't come within the appointed days and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,

He warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I'll sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites.

When Samuel came to him, Saul said, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD's instructions.”

Samuel continued, “Although you once considered yourself unimportant, haven't you become the leader of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

The LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”

He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks? ”[fn] Then he cursed David by his gods.

David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel ​— ​you have defied him.

Saul then ordered his servants, “Speak to David in private and tell him, ‘Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Therefore, you should become the king's son-in-law.' ”

Saul sent agents to David's house to watch for him and kill him in the morning. But his wife Michal warned David, “If you don't escape tonight, you will be dead tomorrow! ”

Then Saul became angry with Jonathan and shouted, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don't I know that you are siding with Jesse's son to your own shame and to the disgrace of your mother?[fn]

David went to the priest Ahimelech at Nob. Ahimelech was afraid to meet David, so he said to him, “Why are you alone and no one is with you? ”

Saul asked him, “Why did you and Jesse's son conspire against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him, so he could rise up against me and wait in ambush, as is the case today.”

But the king said, “You will die, Ahimelech ​— ​you and your father's whole family! ”

So the king said to Doeg, “Go and execute the priests! ” So Doeg the Edomite went and executed the priests himself. On that day, he killed eighty-five men who wore linen ephods.

“Stay with me. Don't be afraid, for the one who wants to take my life wants to take your life. You will be safe with me.”

saying, “Don't be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. You yourself will be king over Israel, and I'll be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows it is true.”

“Look, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn't kill you. Recognize[fn] that I've committed no crime or rebellion. I haven't sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

“Who has the king of Israel come after? What are you chasing after? A dead dog? A single flea?

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.

“Then say this: ‘Long life to you,[fn] and peace to you, peace to your family, and peace to all that is yours.

“Now consider carefully[fn] what you should do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him! ”

“May your discernment be blessed, and may you be blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.

Then David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Aren't you going to answer, Abner? ”

“Who are you who calls to the king? ” Abner asked.

At that time, the Philistines gathered their military units into one army to fight against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You know, of course, that you and your men must march out in the army[fn] with me.”

But the woman said to him, “You surely know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you setting a trap for me to get me killed? ”

When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed, and then she asked Saul, “Why did you deceive me? You are Saul! ”

“The LORD will also hand Israel over to the Philistines along with you. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me,[fn] and the LORD will hand Israel's army over to the Philistines.”

So Achish summoned David and told him, “As the LORD lives, you are an honorable man. I think it is good[fn] to have you fighting[fn] in this unit with me, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today. But the leaders don't think you are reliable.

Achish answered David, “I'm convinced that you are as reliable as an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.'

Then David said to him, “Who do you belong to? Where are you from? ”

“I'm an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite man,” he said. “My master abandoned me when I got sick three days ago.

David asked him, “Where have you come from? ”

He replied to him, “I've escaped from the Israelite camp.”

Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel? ”

“Yes it is,” Asahel replied.

“You know that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to find out about your military activities[fn] and everything you're doing.”

“Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The LORD also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over Israel.' ”

“Go to my servant David and say, ‘This is what the LORD says: Are you to build me a house to dwell in?

What more can David say to you? You know your servant, Lord GOD.

This is why you are great, Lord GOD. There is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, as all we have heard confirms.

Lord GOD, you are God; your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

There was a servant of Saul's family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba? ”

“I am your servant,” he replied.

“Don't be afraid,” David said to him, “since I intend to show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all your grandfather Saul's fields, and you will always eat meals at my table.”

“You, your sons, and your servants are to work the ground for him, and you are to bring in the crops so your master's grandson will have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

When it was reported to David, “Uriah didn't go home,” David questioned Uriah, “Haven't you just come from a journey? Why didn't you go home? ”

“You acted in secret, but I will do this before all Israel and in broad daylight.' ”[fn]

and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the king's son, so miserable every morning? Won't you tell me? ”

Amnon replied, “I'm in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.”

“Where could I ever go with my humiliation? And you ​— ​you would be like one of the outrageous fools in Israel! Please, speak to the king, for he won't keep me from you.”

He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for settlement, Absalom called out to him and asked, “What city are you from? ” If he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

The king said to Ittai of Gath, “Why are you also going with us? Go back and stay with the new king since you're both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

The king also said to the priest Zadok, “Look,[fn] return to the city in peace and your two sons with you: your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan.

“The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul in whose place you became king, and the LORD has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom. Look, you are in trouble because you're a man of bloodshed! ”

“and bring all the people back to you. When everyone returns except the man you're looking for, all[fn] the people will be at peace.”

So Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom told him, “Ahithophel offered this proposal. Should we carry out his proposal? If not, what do you say? ”

Hushai continued, “You know your father and his men. They are warriors and are desperate like a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier who won't spend the night with the people.

“You must not go! ” the people pleaded. “If we have to flee, they will not pay any attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not pay any attention to us because you are worth[fn] ten thousand of us. Therefore, it is better if you support us from the city.”

“If I had jeopardized my own[fn] life ​— ​and nothing is hidden from the king ​— ​you would have abandoned me.”

Joab replied to him, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but today you aren't taking good news, because the king's son is dead.”

So he won over[fn] all the men of Judah, and they unanimously sent word to the king: “Come back, you and all your servants.”

The king said to him, “Why keep on speaking about these matters of yours? I hereby declare: you and Ziba are to divide the land.”

The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I'll provide for you[fn] at my side in Jerusalem.”

The king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to me within three days and be here yourself.”

So David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord's soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”[fn]

When he had come near her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab? ”

“I am,” he replied.

“Listen to the words of your servant,” she said to him.

He answered, “I'm listening.”

“I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel, but you're trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the LORD's inheritance? ”

LORD, you are my lamp;

the LORD illuminates my darkness.

But his father had never once infuriated him by asking, “Why did you do that? ” In addition, he was quite handsome and was born after Absalom.

She replied, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, ‘Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.'

“My lord the king,” Nathan said, “did you say, ‘Adonijah is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne'?

“You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel's army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in a time of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet.[fn]

“So don't let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man. You know how to deal with him to bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”

“You know the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected me to be king, but then the kingship was turned over to my brother, for the LORD gave it to him.

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my elder brother, you might as well ask the kingship for him, for the priest Abiathar, and for Joab son of Zeruiah.”[fn]

The king said to the priest Abiathar, “Go to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death today, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD in the presence of my father David and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”

The king also said, “You yourself know all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore, the LORD has brought back your evil on your head,

And Solomon replied, “You have shown great and faithful love to your servant, my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, righteousness, and integrity.[fn] You have continued this great and faithful love for him by giving him a son to sit on his throne, as it is today.

“I will therefore do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has never been anyone like you before and never will be again.

The king replied, “This woman says, ‘This is my son who is alive, and your son is dead,' but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead, and my son is alive.' ”

“You know my father David was not able to build a temple for the name of the LORD his God. This was because of the warfare all around him until the LORD put his enemies under his feet.

“Therefore, command that cedars from Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants' wages according to whatever you say, for you know that not a man among us knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

“My servants will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will break them apart there, and you can take them away. You then can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”

“Yet you are not the one to build it;

instead, your son, your own offspring,

will build it for my name.”

He said:

LORD God of Israel,

there is no God like you

in heaven above or on earth below,

who keeps the gracious covenant

with your servants who walk before you

with all their heart.

Hear the petition of your servant

and your people Israel,

which they pray toward this place.

May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven.

May you hear and forgive.

may you hear in heaven and act.

May you judge your servants,

condemning the wicked man by bringing

what he has done on his own head

and providing justice for the righteous

by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

may you hear in heaven

and forgive the sin of your people Israel.

May you restore them to the land

you gave their ancestors.

may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place,

and may you forgive, act, and give to everyone

according to all their ways, since you know each heart,

for you alone know every human heart,

may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place,

and do according to all the foreigner asks.

Then all peoples of earth will know your name,

to fear you as your people Israel do

and to know that this temple I have built

bears your name.

For you, Lord GOD, have set them apart as your inheritance

from all peoples of the earth,

as you spoke through your servant Moses

when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.

As for you, if you walk before me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and in what is right, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep my statutes and ordinances,

But Pharaoh asked him, “What do you lack here with me for you to want to go back to your own country? ”

“Nothing,” he replied, “but please let me leave.”

“I will appoint you, and you will reign as king over all you want, and you will be king over Israel.

“Your father made our yoke harsh. You, therefore, lighten your father's harsh service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

The young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us! ' This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!

He followed the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah? ”

“I am,” he said.

Then he cried out to the LORD and said, “LORD my God, have you also brought tragedy on the widow I am staying with by killing her son? ”

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know you are a man of God and the LORD's word from your mouth is true.”

While Obadiah was walking along the road, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah? ”

“Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here! ” '

Now you say, ‘Go tell your lord, “Elijah is here! ” ' He will kill me! ”

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, the one ruining Israel? ”

At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said, “LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things.

Then he said to his servant, “Go up and look toward the sea.”

So he went up, looked, and said, “There's nothing.”

Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don't make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow! ”

He entered a cave there and spent the night.

Suddenly, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah? ”

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.

Suddenly, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah? ”

He told him, “Because you did not listen to the LORD, mark my words: When you leave me, a lion will kill you.” When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him.

The prophet said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you released from your hand the man I had set apart for destruction, it will be your life in place of his life and your people in place of his people.' ”

Then his wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, “Why are you so upset that you refuse to eat? ”

Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

“Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Have you murdered and also taken possession? ' Then tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth's blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood! ' ”

The messenger who went to call Micaiah instructed him, “Look, the words of the prophets are unanimously favorable for the king. So let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”

Micaiah replied, “You will soon see when you go to hide in an inner chamber on that day.”

But the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

They replied, “A man came to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and declare to him, “This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you're sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not get up from your sickbed; you will certainly die.” ' ”

One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”

She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”

Elisha said, “At this time next year you will have a son in your arms.”

Then she said, “No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your servant.”

But he said, “Why go to him today? It's not a New Moon or a Sabbath.”

She replied, “It's all right.”

Elisha replied, “Don't kill them. Do you kill those you have captured with your sword or your bow? Set food and water in front of them so they can eat and drink and go to their master.”

Then the captain, the king's right-hand man,[fn] responded to the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen? ”

Elisha announced, “You will in fact see it with your own eyes, but you won't eat any of it.”

Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Get ready, you and your household, and go live as a resident alien wherever you can. For the LORD has announced a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”

Jehu said to Bidkar his aide, “Pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember when you and I were riding side by side behind his father Ahab, and the LORD uttered this pronouncement against him:

“You have indeed defeated Edom, and you have become overconfident.[fn] Enjoy your glory and stay at home. Why should you stir up such trouble that you fall ​— ​you and Judah with you? ”

“Say this to King Hezekiah of Judah: ‘Don't let your God, on whom you rely, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.

Then Hezekiah prayed before the LORD:

LORD God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you are God ​— ​you alone ​— ​of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Now, LORD our God, please save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, LORD, are God ​— ​you alone.

In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.' ”

“Even previously when Saul was king, you were leading Israel out to battle and bringing us back. The LORD your God also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over my people Israel.' ”

“Go to David my servant and say, ‘This is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.

What more can David say to you for honoring your servant? You know your servant.

LORD, you indeed are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

“but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for my name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.'

Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.

I know, my God, that you test the heart and that you are pleased with what is right. I have willingly given all these things with an upright heart, and now I have seen your people who are present[fn] here giving joyfully and[fn] willingly to you.

And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and faithful love to my father David, and you have made me king in his place.

We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and bring them to you as rafts by sea to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem.

“Yet, you are not the one to build the temple,

but your son, your own offspring,

will build the temple for my name.”

Hear the petitions of your servant

and your people Israel,

which they pray toward this place.

May you hear in your dwelling place in heaven.

May you hear and forgive.

may you hear in heaven and act.

May you judge your servants,

condemning the wicked man by bringing

what he has done on his own head

and providing justice for the righteous

by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

may you hear in heaven

and forgive the sin of your people Israel.

May you restore them to the land

you gave them and their ancestors.

may you hear in heaven

and forgive the sin of your servants

and your people Israel,

so that you may teach them the good way

they should walk in.

May you send rain on your land

that you gave your people for an inheritance.

may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place,

and may you forgive and give to everyone[fn]

according to all their ways, since you know each heart,

for you alone know the human heart,

Now therefore:

Arise, LORD God, come to your resting place,

you and your powerful ark.

May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation,

and may your faithful people rejoice in goodness.

As for you, if you walk before me as your father David walked, doing everything I have commanded you, and if you keep my statutes and ordinances,

Then the young men who had grown up with him told him, “This is what you should say to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you, make it lighter on us! ' This is what you should say to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!

But the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

Then Jehu son of the seer Hanani went out to confront him[fn] and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Do you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the LORD's wrath is on you.

He said:

LORD, God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven, and do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, and no one can stand against you.

“You yourself will be struck with many illnesses, including a disease of the intestines, until your intestines come out day after day because of the disease.”

“You have said, ‘Look, I[fn] have defeated Edom,' and you have become overconfident[fn] that you will get glory. Now stay at home. Why stir up such trouble so that you fall and Judah with you? ”

Then the king asked me, “What is your request? ”

So I prayed to the God of the heavens

They responded, “We will return these things and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.”

So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this.

In it was written:

It is reported among the nations ​— ​and Geshem[fn] agrees ​— ​that you and the Jews plan to rebel. This is the reason you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king

Then I replied to him, “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

You,[fn] LORD, are the only God.[fn]

You created the heavens,

the highest heavens with all their stars,

the earth and all that is on it,

the seas and all that is in them.

You give life to all of them,

and all the stars of heaven worship you.

They refused to listen

and did not remember your wonders

you performed among them.

They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader

to return to their slavery in Egypt.[fn]

But you are a forgiving God,

gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,

and you did not abandon them.

you did not abandon them in the wilderness

because of your great compassion.

During the day the pillar of cloud

never turned away from them,

guiding them on their journey.

And during the night the pillar of fire

illuminated the way they should go.

So you handed them over to their enemies,

who oppressed them.

In their time of distress, they cried out to you,

and you heard from heaven.

In your abundant compassion

you gave them deliverers, who rescued them

from the power of their enemies.

However, in your abundant compassion,

you did not destroy them or abandon them,

for you are a gracious and compassionate God.

You are righteous concerning all that has happened to us,

because you have acted faithfully,

while we have acted wickedly.

“If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father's family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”

His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows seventy-five feet[fn] tall. Ask the king in the morning to hang Mordecai on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows constructed.

“Haven't you placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

The LORD asked Satan, “Where have you come from? ”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”

Indeed, you have instructed many

and have strengthened weak hands.

But now that this has happened to you,

you have become exhausted.

It strikes you, and you are dismayed.

We have investigated this, and it is true!

Hear it and understand it for yourself.

But if you earnestly seek God

and ask the Almighty for mercy,

As for you, if you redirect your heart

and spread out your hands to him in prayer —

But you even undermine the fear of God

and hinder meditation before him.

You who tear yourself in anger[fn] —

should the earth be abandoned on your account,

or a rock be removed from its place?

Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?

Does he profit if you perfect your behavior?

I am just like you before God;

I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.

If not, then listen to me;

be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.

Could one who hates justice govern the world?

Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

“Teach me what I cannot see;

if I have done wrong, I won't do it again.”

Do you think it is just when you say,

“I am righteous before God”?

Get ready to answer me like a man;

when I question you, you will inform me.

The earth is changed as clay is by a seal;

its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

Do you give strength to the horse?

Do you adorn his neck with a mane?[fn]

Get ready to answer me like a man;

when I question you, you will inform me.

You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.

When I question you, you will inform me.”

After the LORD had finished speaking[fn] to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

But you, LORD, are a shield around me,

my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

Rise up, LORD!

Save me, my God!

You strike all my enemies on the cheek;

you break the teeth of the wicked.

For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;

evil cannot dwell with you.

For you, LORD, bless the righteous one;

you surround him with favor like a shield.

When I observe your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you set in place,

But you yourself have seen trouble and grief,

observing it in order to take the matter into your hands.

The helpless one entrusts himself to you;

you are a helper of the fatherless.

LORD, you are my portion[fn]

and my cup of blessing;

you hold my future.

For you rescue an oppressed people,

but you humble those with haughty eyes.

But you are holy,

enthroned on the praises of Israel.

It was you who brought me out of the womb,

making me secure at my mother's breast.

But you, LORD, don't be far away.

My strength, come quickly to help me.

Even when I go through the darkest valley,[fn]

I fear no danger,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff ​— ​they comfort me.

Guide me in your truth and teach me,

for you are the God of my salvation;

I wait for you all day long.

Do not remember the sins of my youth

or my acts of rebellion;

in keeping with your faithful love, remember me

because of your goodness, LORD.

For you are my rock and my fortress;

you lead and guide me

for your name's sake.

But I trust in you, LORD;

I say, “You are my God.”

Then I acknowledged my sin to you

and did not conceal my iniquity.

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”

and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Selah

For I put my hope in you, LORD;

you will answer me, my Lord, my God.

“I am speechless; I do not open my mouth

because of what you have done.

I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;

see, I do not keep my mouth closed[fn] —

as you know, LORD.

LORD, you do not[fn] withhold your compassion from me.

Your constant love and truth will always guard me.

I am oppressed and needy;

may the Lord think of me.

You are my helper and my deliverer;

my God, do not delay.

But you, LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up;

then I will repay them.

For you are the God of my refuge.

Why have you rejected me?

Why must I go about in sorrow

because of the enemy's oppression?

You are my King, my God,

who ordains[fn] victories for Jacob.

But God says to the wicked:

“What right do you have to recite my statutes

and to take my covenant on your lips?

But it is you, a man who is my peer,

my companion and good friend!

God, you will bring them down

to the Pit of destruction;

men of bloodshed and treachery

will not live out half their days.

But I will trust in you.

and faithful love belongs to you, Lord.

For you repay each according to his works.

Iniquities overwhelm me;

only you can atone for our rebellions.

You, God, showered abundant rain;

you revived your inheritance when it languished.

God, you know my foolishness,

and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.

You know the insults I endure —

my shame and disgrace.

You are aware of all my adversaries.

For they persecute the one you struck

and talk about the pain of those you wounded.

For you are my hope, Lord GOD,

my confidence from my youth.

I am like a miraculous sign to many,

and you are my strong refuge.

You divided the sea with your strength;

you smashed the heads of the sea monsters in the water;

You are resplendent and majestic

coming down from the mountains of prey.

And you ​— ​you are to be feared.[fn]

When you are angry,

who can stand before you?

You are the God who works wonders;

you revealed your strength among the peoples.

Rise up, God, judge the earth,

for all the nations belong to you.

May they know that you alone —

whose name is the LORD —

are the Most High over the whole earth.

Will you not revive us again

so that your people may rejoice in you?

For you are great and perform wonders;

you alone are God.

You rule the raging sea;

when its waves surge, you still them.

But you have spurned and rejected him;

you have become enraged with your anointed.

Before the mountains were born,

before you gave birth to the earth and the world,

from eternity to eternity, you are God.

But you, LORD, are exalted forever.

Your throne has been established

from the beginning;[fn]

you are from eternity.

LORD, how happy is anyone you discipline

and teach from your law

For you, LORD,

are the Most High over the whole earth;

you are exalted above all the gods.

The mighty King loves justice.

You have established fairness;

you have administered justice

and righteousness in Jacob.

LORD our God, you answered them.

You were a forgiving God to them,

but an avenger of their sinful actions.

But you, LORD, are enthroned forever;

your fame endures to all generations.

“They will perish, but you will endure;

all of them will wear out like clothing.

You will change them like a garment,

and they will pass away.

Though they curse, you will bless.

When they rise up, they will be put to shame,

but your servant will rejoice.

The LORD has sworn an oath and will not take it back:

“You are a priest forever

according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”

You have commanded that your precepts

be diligently kept.

I have not turned from your judgments,

for you yourself have instructed me.

I gain understanding from your precepts;

therefore I hate every false way.

Rise up, LORD, come to your resting place,

you and your powerful ark.

You know when I sit down and when I stand up;

you understand my thoughts from far away.

You have encircled me;

you have placed your hand on me.

If I go up to heaven, you are there;

if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

For it was you who created my inward parts;[fn]

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

Although my spirit is weak within me,

you know my way.

Along this path I travel

they have hidden a trap for me.

I cry to you, LORD;

I say, “You are my shelter,

my portion in the land of the living.”

Teach me to do your will,

for you are my God.

May your gracious Spirit

lead me on level ground.

All eyes look to you,

and you give them their food at the proper time.

Doesn't wisdom call out?

Doesn't understanding make her voice heard?

Haven't I written for you thirty sayings[fn]

about counsel and knowledge,

Punish him with a rod,

and you will rescue his life from Sheol.

“Many women[fn] have done noble deeds,

but you surpass them all! ”

Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

for in your heart you know that many times you yourself have cursed others.

Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting[fn] life, which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle under the sun.

If you do not know,

most beautiful of women,

follow[fn] the tracks of the flock,

and pasture your young goats

near the shepherds' tents.

The LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub[fn] to meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, by the road to the Launderer's Field.

“For before the boy knows to reject what is bad and choose what is good, the land of the two kings you dread will be abandoned.

For he says,

“Aren't all my commanders kings?

Even the cypresses and the cedars of Lebanon

rejoice over you:

“Since you have been laid low,

no lumberjack has come against us.”

They all respond to you, saying,

“You too have become as weak as we are;

you have become like us!

You said to yourself,

“I will ascend to the heavens;

I will set up my throne

above the stars of God.

I will sit on the mount of the gods' assembly,

in the remotest parts of the North.[fn]

But you are thrown out without a grave,

like a worthless branch,

covered by those slain with the sword

and dumped into a rocky pit like a trampled corpse.

The fortress disappears from Ephraim,

and a kingdom from Damascus.

The remnant of Aram will be

like the splendor of the Israelites.

This is the declaration of the LORD of Armies.

“What are you doing here? Who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here, carving your tomb on the height and cutting a resting place for yourself out of rock?

You disputed with Israel

by banishing and driving her away.[fn]

He removed her with his severe storm

on the day of the east wind.

Indeed! Topheth has been ready

for the king for a long time.

Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,

with plenty of fire and wood.

The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur,

kindles it.

LORD of Armies, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you are God ​— ​you alone ​— ​of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Now, LORD our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, LORD, are God[fn] ​— ​you alone.

“You have mocked the Lord through your servants.

You have said, “With my many chariots

I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,

to the far recesses of Lebanon.

I cut down its tallest cedars,

its choice cypress trees.

I came to its distant heights,

its densest forest.

In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.' ”[fn]

But you, Israel, my servant,

Jacob, whom I have chosen,

descendant of Abraham, my friend —

You will winnow them

and a wind will carry them away,

a whirlwind will scatter them.

But you will rejoice in the LORD;

you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

“Remind me. Let's argue the case together.

Recount the facts, so that you may be vindicated.

“I call you by your name,

for the sake of my servant Jacob

and Israel my chosen one.

I give a name to you,

though you do not know me.

Yes, you are a God who hides,

God of Israel, Savior.

“I was angry with my people;

I profaned my possession,

and I handed them over to you.

You showed them no mercy;

you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.

“You were secure in your wickedness;

you said, ‘No one sees me.'

Your wisdom and knowledge

led you astray.

You said to yourself,

‘I am, and there is no one else.'

Wake up, wake up!

Arm of the LORD, clothe yourself with strength.

Wake up as in days past,

as in generations long ago.

Wasn't it you who hacked Rahab to pieces,

who pierced the sea monster?